Pittsburgh vs. Virginia Tech

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Pittsburgh’s biggest win2020: Pittsburgh 47, Virginia Tech 14by 33 points
2. Virginia Tech’s biggest win1993: Virginia Tech 63, Pittsburgh 21by 42 points
3. Upset2001: Pittsburgh 38, Virginia Tech 7Pittsburgh had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1997: Pittsburgh 30, Virginia Tech 23Pittsburgh had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2002: Pittsburgh 28, Virginia Tech 21Pittsburgh had a 31% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown2003: Pittsburgh 31, Virginia Tech 28No. 5 Virginia Tech at No. 25 Pittsburgh

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Pittsburgh’s side (Majors 0–⁠4 against Beamer). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2003.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia101 meetings, Pittsburgh 61–⁠37–⁠3
• Pittsburgh vs. Penn State99 meetings, Pittsburgh 43–⁠52–⁠4
• Pittsburgh vs. Syracuse82 meetings, Pittsburgh 46–⁠33–⁠3
• Pittsburgh vs. Notre Dame74 meetings, Pittsburgh 21–⁠52–⁠1
• Virginia Tech vs. Virginia101 meetings, Virginia Tech 62–⁠34–⁠5
• Virginia Tech vs. VMI75 meetings, Virginia Tech 47–⁠23–⁠5
• Virginia Tech vs. William & Mary64 meetings, Virginia Tech 42–⁠18–⁠4
• Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia54 meetings, Virginia Tech 23–⁠30–⁠1